From Screen Daily comes word that Maggie Q has signed on to star in Chinese director Tian Zhuangzhuang’s epic drama The Warrior and the Wolf.

The film will be based on a novella by Japanese writer Inoue Yasushi. Q will play a tribal woman who offers shelter to a general and his army units from a blizzard.

Japanese and Taiwanese actors Joe Odagir and Tou Chunghua, respectively, are also slated to star.

Filming for the project is currently underway in China’s Xinjiang Province.

Maggie Q can be seen in Need for Speed Undercover, the latest installment in the long running racing series, this November.